Physician Directed Job Analysis Program
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© 1987-2010 Mercer Engineering Research Center 135 Osigian Blvd. • Warner Robins, GA 31088 info@merc-mercer.org • www.merc-mercer.org • 478.953.6800 RHD Division Homepage The program capitalizes on MERC’s strengths in the fields of ergonomics and rehabilitation engineering, as well as, our familiarity with managing and overseeing government contracted programs. MERC is committed to identifying and recommending methods of reducing worksite injuries and thus reducing the government’s overall cost associated with these injuries. The program is a part of a new return to work process at Robins in which MERC fills the role of the Physician Directed Evaluation Team (PDET). MERC’s staff of ergonomists and rehabilitation engineers works with an orthopedic surgeon to evaluate personnel. The outcome of an assessment is recommendation for placement in a particular job, or jobs, with or without accommodations. The Physician Directed Functional Job Analysis program is an ongoing, competitively awarded contract with Robins Air Force Base to provide ergonomic and medical evaluations and recommendations to return workers with work restrictions to productive work. Many workers at RAFB have physical restrictions which prevent them from participating in productive work without accommodations of some type.